Where does “glycolysis” come from?
Glycolysis comes from Ancient Greek glykys (sweet) combined with lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις (a loosening or breaking down) derived from λύω (to loosen or break).
glycolysis (English): The cellular degradation of the simple sugar...
Definitions
- The cellular degradation of the simple sugar...
Ancestry of “glycolysis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lysis | A gradual recovery from disease; The... |
| 2 | Latin | lysis | loosening; rupture |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λύσις | loosing, releasing, release, ransoming;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |